Mr. Trump’s fake charity
DONALD TRUMP, perhaps the greatest braggart ever to aspire to national office, is hardly shy about flaunting or rather hyping his good works. So it has been with his charitable giving, which, for the better part of 30?years, he has regularly exaggerated to the point of plain mendacity.
That Mr. Trump in his public utterances is a serial embellisher is no surprise. Still, the shamelessness by which his actual giving to worthy causes has trailed his public claims of generosity is stunning. And given the relish with which he boasted of his giving, his campaigns assertion that he has made private, quiet charitable gifts strains credulity.
A painstaking review by The Posts David A. Fahrenthold, comparing Mr. Trumps public statements with available records of his giving, found a pattern of exaggeration and unfulfilled pledges.
Speaking of his royalties from the reality television show The Apprentice, which had recently debuted in 2004, Mr. Trump told the radio personality Howard Stern that Im giving the money to charity, mentioning that as the shows host he had been paid a lot more than $1 million. The money, Mr. Trump said, would go to AIDS research and the Police Athletic League. Yet that year Mr. Trumps foundation the entity he established to bestow charitable gifts gave just $1,000 for AIDS research and $106,000 to the Police Athletic League.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-trumps-fake-charity/2016/07/03/fbcd52e2-3e44-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html

Gothmog
(157,978 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Does this jerk have ANY redeeming qualities?
PJMcK
(23,296 posts)...uh, what am I thinking?
No, he doesn't. Plus, Donald Trump is an idiot.